A Pair of Pier Glasses of Important Size, in the English Rococo Manner (c. 1870 England)

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Giltwood, Mirror

138.00cm wide    285.00cm high    (54.33 inches wide  112.20 inches high)

Excellent

Of shaped symmetrical form, the extensively carved gilt wood frame having central rectangular columnar framework dressed with pendant helical foliates, with shaped outer reserves, all housing Vauxhall plate mirrors; below, oversized addorsed ‘C’ scrolls are set around ‘frozen waterfall’ and shell work carving; the outer framework, of shaped form is adorned with Ho-Ho birds to the mid parts, with a pair of putti holding draped foliates, in which roses and crysthanamum flowers predominate; the arched cornices are capped with phoenixes.